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Find out more about SSE

At SSE, our job is to provide the energy people need in a reliable and sustainable way. We're involved in producing, distributing and supplying electricity and gas and we provide other energy-related services as well. SSE is the only company listed on the London Stock Exchange involved in such a wide range of energy businesses.

At a glance

Our strategy

SSE's strategy is to deliver the efficient operation of, and investment in, a balanced range of economically-regulated and market-based businesses in energy production, storage, transmission, distribution, supply and related services in the energy markets in Great Britain and Ireland.

Possible referendum on Scotland’s future

Any referendum on Scotland’s future is a matter for the Scottish and UK parliaments and, ultimately, for voters. SSE will not take a view on whether there should be a referendum, when any referendum should take place or what the result of any referendum should be.

In itself, a referendum would present no immediate risk to how SSE serves its customers or to the investments that it continues to make in order to fulfil its core purpose. As its Annual Report 2016 made clear, SSE already recognises politics, regulation and compliance as one of its principal risks. An updated assessment of its principal risks and the issues relating to them will be set out in its Annual Report 2017, in light of developments. The level of risk relating to politics, regulation and compliance may increase if, following a referendum, there was a prolonged period of constitutional change resulting in uncertainty about the legislative, regulatory or compliance framework within which SSE operates. Nevertheless, SSE’s balanced business model is designed, amongst other things, to provide underlying resilience in the management of this and other risks.

As stated in its submission to the Scottish energy strategy in December 2016, SSE believes that managing the electricity and gas networks and operating the market on a GB-wide basis ensures that the affordability, reliability and sustainability of energy can be maximised by providing energy, and securing the required investment in it, over a much wider population base. This arrangement benefits all consumers in GB. The benefits from harmonised markets are demonstrated in Ireland, where wholesale electricity trading in Ireland and Northern Ireland has operated under a Single Electricity Market since 2007.

In summary, SSE already recognises political and regulatory change as one of its principal risks and prolonged uncertainty following any major constitutional change would add to that risk. At the same time, SSE will not take a view on whether there should be a referendum, when any referendum should take place or what the result of any referendum should be, believing it to be a matter for the Scottish and UK parliaments and, ultimately, for voters.

Roseanna Cunningham MSP paid a visit to SSE’s state of the art training centre in Perth today, marking the halfway point in National Apprenticeship Week and our campaign to encourage more young people to consider an apprenticeship as they decide what career path to take.

This week marks National Apprentice Week, which represents a major opportunity to highlight the talent of 190 apprentices currently doing a variety of skilled jobs across SSE Enterprise. This includes everything from electrical installation, heating and ventilation, to plumbing and power networks.